Laws of Motion

Max Marks: 100

Instructions: This DPP Sheet Contains 25 Questions Divided IN 2 Parts.
Part 1: Contains 20 Questions With Single Correct Option. (+4) For Correct & (-1) For
Incorrect answer and Zero For Unattempted.
Part 2: Contains 5 Numeric Type Questions. (+4) For Correct & (0) For Incorrect answer
and Zero For Unattempted.

PART-I (Single Correct MCQs)

1. A player stops a football weighing 0.5 kg which comes flying towards

him with a velocity of 10m/s. If the impact lasts for 1/50th sec. and the
ball bounces back with a velocity of 15 m/s, then the average force
involved is
(a) 250 N
(b) 1250 N
(c) 500 N
(d) 625 N
2. A mass ‘m’ is supported by a massless string wound around a uniform
hollow cylinder of mass m and radius R. If the string does not slip on
the cylinder, with what acceleration will the mass release?

(a)
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(b)

(c)

(d) g
3. A 40 kg slab rests on a frictionless floor as shown in
the figure. A 10 kg block rests on the top of the
slab. The static coefficient of friction between the
block and slab is 0.60 while the coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.40. The 10 kg block is acted upon by a horizontal
force of 100 N. If g = 9.8 m/s2, the resultaing acceleration of the slab
will be

(a) 0.98 m/s2

(b) 1.47 m/s2
(c) 1.52 m/s2
(d) 6.1 m/s2
4. A satellite in a force free space sweeps stationary interplanetary dust at
a rate (dM/dt) = αv. The acceleration of satellite is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d) – αv2
5. A monkey is decending from the branch of a tree with constant
acceleration. If the breaking strength is 75% of the weight of the
monkey, the minimum acceleration with which monkey can slide down
without breaking the branch is
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(a) g
(b)

(c)

(d)

6. A plank with a box on it at one end is gradually raised about the other
end. As the angle of inclination with the horizontal reaches 30º the box
starts to slip and slides 4.0 m down

the plank in 4.0s. The coefficients of static and kinetic

friction between the box and the plank will be,
respectively :
(a) 0.6 and 0.5 (b) 0.5 and 0.6
(c) 0.4 and 0.3
(d) 0.6 and 0.6
7. A stationary body of mass 3 kg explodes into three equal pieces. Two of
the pieces fly off in two mutually perpendicular directions, one with a
velocity of and the other with a velocity of If the
explosion occurs in 10–4 s, the average force acting on the third piece in
newton is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
8. A bullet is fired from a gun. The force on the bullet is given by F = 600
– 2 × 105 t where, F is in newton and t in second. The force on the bullet
becomes zero as soon as it leaves the barrel. What is the average
impulse imparted to the bullet?
(a) 1.8 N-s
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(b) zero
(c) 9 N-s
(d) 0.9 N-s
9. Three forces start acting simultaneously on a particle moving with
velocity, . These forces are represented in magnitude and direction
by the three sides of a triangle ABC. The particle will now move with
velocity
(a) less than
(b) greater than
(c) |v| in the direction of the largest force BC
(d) , remaining unchanged
10. A block is kept on a inclined plane of inclination θ of
length l. The velocity of particle at the bottom of inclined is (the
coefficient of friction is µ)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
11. A ball of mass 10 g moving perpendicular to the plane of the wall
strikes it and rebounds in the same line with the same velocity. If the
impulse experienced by the wall is 0.54 Ns, the velocity of the ball is
(a) 27 ms–1
(b) 3.7 ms–1
(c) 54 ms–1
(d) 37 ms–1
12. A block of mass m is placed on a surface with a vertical cross section
given by If the coefficient of friction is 0.5, the maximum

height above the ground at which the block can be placed without
slipping is:
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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

13. A block of mass m is connected to another block of mass M by a spring

(massless) of spring constant k. The block are kept on a smooth
horizontal plane. Initially the blocks are at rest and the spring is
unstretched. Then a constant force F starts acting on the block of mass
M to pull it. Find the force of the block of mass m.
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
14. Two particles of mass m each are tied at the ends of a light string of
length 2a. The whole system is kept on a frictionless horizontal surface
with the string held tight so that each mass is at a distance ‘a’ from the
centre P (as shown in the figure).
Now, the mid-point of the string is pulled vertically
upwards with a small but constant force F. As a
result, the particles move towards each other on
the surface. The magnitude of acceleration, when
the separation between them becomes 2x, is

(a)
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(b)

(c)

(d)

15. A light spring balance hangs from the hook of the other light spring
balance and a block of mass M kg hangs from the former one. Then the
true statement about the scale reading is
(a) both the scales read M kg each
(b) the scale of the lower one reads M kg and of the upper one zero
(c) the reading of the two scales can be anything but the sum of the reading
will be M kg
(d) both the scales read M/2 kg each
16. A block A of mass m1 rests on a horizontal table. A light string
connected to it passes over a frictionless pulley at the edge of table and
from its other end another block B of mass m2 is suspended. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the table is µk.
When the block A is sliding on the table, the tension in the string is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

17. Which one of the following motions on a smooth plane surface does not
involve force?
(a) Accelerated motion in a straight line
(b) Retarded motion in a straight line
(c) Motion with constant momentum along a straight line
(d) Motion along a straight line with varying velocity
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18. A car having a mass of 1000 kg is moving at a speed of 30 metres/sec.

Brakes are applied to bring the car to rest. If the frictional force between
the tyres and the road surface is 5000 newtons, the car will come to rest
in
(a) 5 seconds
(b) 10 seconds
(c) 12 seconds
(d) 6 seconds
19. A body of mass M is kept on a rough horizontal surface (friction
coefficient µ). A person is trying to pull the body by applying a
horizontal force but the body is not moving. The force by the surface on
the body is F, then
(a) F = Mg
(b) F = µMg
(c)

(d)
20. A block of mass m is resting on a smooth horizontal surface. One end
of a uniform rope of mass (m/3) is fixed to the block, which is pulled in
the horizontal direction by applying a force F at the other end. The
tension in the middle of the rope is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

PART-II (Numeric/Integer Type Questions)

21. A block of 7 kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface and is pulled

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through a variable force F (in N) = 5t, where t is time in second, at an

angle of 37° with the horizontal as shown in figure. The coefficient of
static friction of the block with the surface is one. If the force starts
acting at t = 0s, the time at which the block starts to slide is t0 sec. Find

the value of t0/2 in sec. (g = 10 m/s2 and cos 37° = )

22. A 5000 kg rocket is set for vertical firing. The exhaust speed is 800 m/s.
To give an initial upward acceleration of 20 m/s2, the amount of gas
ejected per second (in kg/sec) to supply the needed thrust will be (Take
g = 10 m/s2)
23. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth and of
negligible mass. For the system to remain in equilibrium, the angle θ (in
degree) should be

24. The rate of mass of the gas emitted from rear of a rocket is initially 0.1
kg/sec. If the speed of the gas relative to the rocket is 50 m/sec and
mass of the rocket is 2 kg, then the acceleration of the rocket in m/sec2
is
25. A particle tied to a string describes a vertical circular motion of radius r
continually. If it has a velocity at the highest point, then value of
ratio of the respective tensions in the string holding it at the highest and
lowest points is
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Solutions

1. (d) Here m = 0.5 kg ; u = – 10 m/s;

t = 1/50 s ; v = + 15 ms–1
Force = m (v– u)/t = 0.5 (10 + 15) × 50 = 625 N
2. (b) From figure,
Acceleration a = Rα …(i)
and mg – T = ma …(ii)
From equation (i) and (ii)
T × R = mR2α = mR2

or T = ma
⇒ mg – ma = ma
⇒

3. (a) Limiting friction between block and slab

= µsmAg = 0.6 ×10 × 9.8 = 58.8 N
But applied force on block A is 100 N. So the block will slip over a slab.
Now kinetic friction works between block and slab
Fk = µkmAg = 0.4 × 10× 9.8 = 39.2 N
This kinetic friction helps to move the slab
∴ Accleration of slab
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4. (b) Thrust on the satellite,

Acceleration

5. (c) Let T be the tension in the branch of a tree when monkey is

descending with acceleration a. Then mg – T = ma; and T = 75%
of weight of monkey

or .

6. (a) Coefficient of static friction,

µs = tan 30° = = 0.577 ≅ 0.6

S = ut +

4= a(4)2 ⇒ a = = 0.5

[ s = 4m and t = 4s given]
a = gsinθ – µk(g) cosθ

⇒ µk = = 0.5

7. (d) According to law of conservation of momentum the third piece has

momentum
kg ms–1
Impulse = Average force × time
⇒ Average force

8. (d) Given F = 600 – (2 × 105 t)

The force is zero at time t, given by
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0 = 600 – 2 × 105 t
seconds

∴ Impulse

9. (d) As shown in the figure, the three forces are represented by the
sides of a triangle taken in the same order. Therefore the resultant
force is zero.
Therefore acceleration is also zero i.e., velocity remains
unchanged.
10. (b) From the F.B.D.
N = mg cos
F = ma = mg sin – µN
⇒ a = g(sin θ – µ cos θ)

Now using, v2 – u2 = 2as

or,
(l = length of incline)
or, v =
11. (a) As the ball, m = 10 g = 0.01 kg rebounds after striking the wall
∴ Change in momentum = mv – (–mv) = 2 mv
Inpulse = Change in momentum = 2mv
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∴ν=

12. (a) At limiting equilibrium, µ = tanθ

tanθ = µ = (from question)

Q Coefficient of friction µ = 0.5

⇒ x=+1
Now,

13. (d) Writing free body-diagrams for m & M,

we get T = ma and F – T = Ma
where T is force due to spring
F – ma = Ma or, F = Ma + ma

Now, force acting on the block of mass m is

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ma =

14. (b) The acceleration of mass m is due to the force T cos

∴ T cos = ma a= ... (i)

also,F = 2T sin T= ... (ii)

From (i) and (ii)

a=

15. (a) The Earth pulls the block by a force Mg. The
block in turn exerts a force Mg on the spring of
spring balance S1 which therefore shows a
reading of M kgf.
The spring S1 is massless. Therefore it exerts a force of
Mg on the spring of spring balance S2 which
shows the reading of M kgf.
16. (b) For the motion of both the blocks
m1a = T – µkm1g
m2g – T = m2a
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a=

m2g – T = (m2)

solving we get tension in the string

T=

17. (c) Motion with constant momentum along a straight line.

According to Newton’s second law rate of change of momentum is
directly proportional to force applied.
18. (d) [ As v = 0]

19. (c) Maximum force by surface when friction works

Minimum force = R when there is no friction

Hence ranging from R to [where, R = mg]
20. (d)
The acceleration of the system is
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The tension in the middle of the rope (i.e., at point A) is

⇒
21. (5) The block begins to slide if
F cos 37° = µ (mg – F sin 37°)
5t [cos 37° + µ sin 37°] = µ mg
or t0 = 10 sec. or t0/2 = 5 sec.

22. (187.5) Mass of rocket (m) = 5000 Kg

Exhaust speed (v) = 800 m/s
Acceleration of rocket (a) = 20 m/s2
Gravitational acceleration (g) = 10 m/s2
We know that upward force
F = m (g + a) = 5000 (10 +20) = 5000 × 30 = 150000 N.
We also know that amount of gas ejected

23. (45) The tension in both strings will be

same due to symmetry.
For equilibrium in vertical direction for
body B we have

∴ [ T =
mg, (at equilibrium]
∴

24. (2.5) ,

Mass of the rocket = 2 kg. Mv = constant

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. ∴

⇒ Acceleration =

25. (0.25) Tension at the highest point

(∴ vtop = )

Tension at the lowest point

Tbottom = 2mg + 6mg = 8mg

∴ = 0.25